I've made up my mind that my final goal will be to wear a size 16 jeans. I couldn't tell you the last time I was there, 25+ years ago, maybe. Anyway, I know all bodies are different, but if you're currently a size 16, or have been, how much do you weigh. This will give me a better guesstimate of what my final goal will be.

I am currently a size 16 in jeans. I weigh 188 right now, and I'm 5'7".

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Wow, this thread just goes to show how ball-shaped I am! My weight has always been in my stomach, so I have to be quite "thin" to even be a 16.

I know lots of people who are my height and weight and are in a 12 or 14. Not me, alas...

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Reached the beautiful town of ONEDERLAND on 7/1/2012!
Next goal: 185, to hit that Century Club mark. - ACHIEVED!! 11/4/2012
6/22/13: the 100 lb. loss only lasted a few weeks, and I've since regained some of the weight. Stats updated to reflect this.

Size 16 was my biggest size I believe, and that was when I was around 200-210 pounds as well at 5'6''... but I'm an hourglass, so that had something to do with it! Everyone's just shaped SO differently, so it's really going to be a personal sort of thing I think. But at least you'll have a ballpark range anyway probably by the time the thread is nice and filled up

Everyone's just shaped SO differently, so it's really going to be a personal sort of thing I think.

It can even change by how the weight wants to sit now compared to 25 years ago.

7 years ago I weighed less but was a size 22 sometimes 24. I got pregnant, had my son and after I ventured out of my daily uniform of pajamas and yoga pants and got new clothes I was a size 18. I thought I had lost a lot of weight but in reality I was heavier.

2 months ago I was the heaviest I had ever been...still a size 18.

We also must acknowledge that brands run differently too. Since getting down to a 16 I've had steps within the size. 1st I could only fit into my Apartment 9 jeans, now I've lost and inch or two to wear my Old Navy ones but I can barely squeeze into my pair of Levi's.

I wore a size 16 in middle school, I think I weighed between 180 and 190. I'm not sure if I was 5'8" yet or not. I may have been 5'6" or 5'7". Of course that was 18-20 years ago too.

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I have 14s and 16s. I don't know which is true to size. I'm 5-10 and 196 this morning.

Oh, pear-shaped!

Just last night I pulled on a pair of suit pants size 14 that I bought years ago as goal pants. They actually fit. I could not believe it! I thought they would never; I figured I would only wear the jacket *someday* and probably donate the pants.

Unfortunately, sizing is all over the place nowadays and a 16 from 25 years ago will be more like a size 8-10 now probably.

Have sizes really changed that drastically over the last decade? In the mid-80s I wore a size 8 and weighed 120 lbs. When I lost a lot of weight 12 years ago, I was wearing a size 10 at 140 lbs.

This time around I started out in a size 16 and 200 lbs. At 187 lbs I'm still in size 16, but my jeans are fitting much looser. I have 2 pairs of size 14 jeans I'm trying to get into that are still too tight, and don't expect them to fit until I lose 10 more lbs. I'm short and bottom heavy though, and generally have to lose close to 20 lbs to go down a size.

Yes, sizes have changed pretty significantly over the decades. At 120 pounds today, you might be in a size 2 or 4 (or smaller) depending on your particular body type and height, but most likely not an 8.

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